Double play: Chesney returns to Target Field

Country star Kenny Chesney will make Target Field a stop on his "No Shoes Nation" tour on July 12, one year after he and Tim McGraw headlined the first concert at the ballpark. More than 42,500 fans attended that show – and afterward the grass was mostly OK.

Author:: BMTN Staff
Publish date:: Nov 8, 2012

Country star Kenny Chesney will make Target Field a stop on his "No Shoes Nation" tour on July 12, the Twins announced on Thursday. It'll be one year after he and Tim McGraw headlined the first concert at the ballpark. More than 42,500 fans attended that show – and afterward the grass was mostly OK.

Tickets for the Target Field concert will go on sale to the general public on Dec. 7 at 10 a.m. CT, the press release says. On that day, tickets can be purchased exclusively online at www.twinsbaseball.com/concerts.

An exclusive pre-sale for all new and renewed Twins' season ticket holders is scheduled for Tuesday, Dec. 4.

The Twins will have plenty of time to clean up. The team will be on the road during the concert and won't return to Target Field until seven days after the show.

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Kenny Chesney and Tim McGraw made history with their "Brothers of the Sun" tour in Minneapolis on Sunday. A sell-out crowd of more than 40,000 fans filled the Twins ballpark for the first-ever concert at Target Field.

Fans snapped up tickets to see the first ever concert at Target Field in Minneapolis. Kenny Chesney and Tim McGraw plan to show up July 8th.

Kenny Chesney and Tim McGraw will hit the stage July 8th and tickets went on sale Saturday at 10 a.m. Roughly 40,000 tickets were sold in four hours despite a minor online glitch.

The Star Tribune says the Twins are limiting ticket purchases to four per order to give as many fans as possible a chance to see superstars Kenny Chesney and Tim McGraw when they stop in Minneapolis for the first show ever at Target Field. Coughing up just shy of $300 will get you into the general admission area closest to the stage.

Downtown Minneapolis is drawing big crowds this weekend with both the Basilica Block Party and the first-ever concert at Target Field. Country superstars Kenny Chesney and Tim McGraw and 40,000 fans are expected to take over the ballpark.